PlayStation 5: has sold more than ten million times

Sony reports that the PlayStation 5 was sold over ten million times (deadline: July 18, 2021). Thus, the PS5 is the fastest sold console in the story of Sony Interactive Entertainment (you), explained Veronica Rogers (SVP and Global Head of Business Operations) in the blog. She also emphasized that this success was made in spite of the Corona pandemic and despite the supply bottlenecks in the hardware area. For comparison: The PlayStation 4 needed a month longer to reach the ten million mark.

Microsoft has been calling no concrete sales for several years. The analysts or market researchers of Niko Partners appreciate that by the end of June 2021 about 6.5 million Xbox-X / S consoles were sold worldwide. Over the same period, the Xbox One was 5.7 million and the Xbox 360 at 5.0 million (also estimates).

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In a report at gamesindustry.biz, some game sales have been mentioned by Sony:

  • Astro's playroom \ - 10 million (pre-installed on the PS5)
  • Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales \ -> 6.5 million
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart \ -> 1.1 million
  • Returnal \ -> 560.000
  • MLB The Show 2 \ - four million players, of which two million sales (the game is also playable on Xbox consoles and in Xbox Game Pass)

"Whether it is the number of users measured by a key figure such as Mau [Monthly Active Users], or whether it is the time that users spend playing with games. Both measured variables show a very significant double-digit growth compared to the launch - period of the PS4, the previous peak ", says Jim Ryan (CEO of them).

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